 | John W. Crawford - American literature - 1978 - 216 pages
...well in another of his meditations, this one dated August l2, l7B4: ... And while it shall please tnee to continue me in this world where much is to be done...be known, teach me by thy Holy Spirit to withdraw ny Mind from unprofitable and dangerous enquiries, from difficulties vainly curious, and doubts impossible... | |
 | Marvin Minsky - Psychology - 1988 - 342 pages
...ignore important interactions and dependencies that run in other directions. 5.2 UNANSWERABLE QUESTIONS And while it shall please thee to continue me in this world, where there is much to be done and little to be known, teach me, by thy Holy Spirit, to withdraw my mind... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 638 pages
...Johnson's prayer of August 12, 1784, "Against inquisitive and perplexing thoughts," which reads in part: "And while it shall please thee to continue me in...much is to be done and little to be known, teach me ... to withdraw my Mind from unprofitable and dangerous enquiries, from difficulties vainly curious,... | |
 | Os Guinness - Religion - 1996 - 228 pages
...therefore we must be saved by faith. — Reinhold Niebuhr And while it shall please thee to continue here in this world where much is to be done and little...to withdraw my mind from unprofitable and dangerous inquiries, from difficulties vainly curious, and doubts impossible to be solved. Let me rejoice in... | |
 | Greg Clingham - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 290 pages
..."enable me to drive from me all such unquiet and perplexing thoughts as may mislead or hinder me . . . teach me by thy Holy Spirit to withdraw my Mind from...vainly curious, and doubts impossible to be solved" (Diaries, pp. 383-84). Johnson's distrust of speculative theology is abundantly clear in his identifying... | |
 | Michael Gorman - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2005 - 244 pages
...are the best for library users. I will use my head and heart together to inform the work of my hands. This world where much is to be done and little to be known. — Samuel Johnson If I were asked to recommend one book on modern libraries it would be a somewhat... | |
 | Philip Law - Religion - 2006 - 396 pages
...I behold the works of thy hands, and consider the course of thy providence, give me grace to always remember that thy thoughts are not my thoughts, nor thy ways my ways. John Henry Hobart, 1774-1830 The Lord Will Guard You If I lift up my eyes to the hills, where shall... | |
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Thee to continue me in this world, where much is to be done and little to be known, teach me by thy Holy Spirit to withdraw my mind from unprofitable and dangerous inquiries, from difficulties vainly curious, and doubts impossible to be solved. 
